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Site of Original Post Cemetery
This ground was Fort Clark’s military cemetery from 1856 t...
Filippone Building
Italian stonemasons Giovanni B. Filippone (1845-1917) and ...
Partrick Building
In 1885 Dr. William Partrick commissioned adjoining commer...
Kinney County Jail
Kinney County’s first jail, a small square simple stone st...
Thy Wondrous Story, Illinois
The fertile prairies of Illinois attracted the attention o...
Welcome to Illinois
In 1673 the areas of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers w...
North Lake Methodist Church
The Reverend Charles Glenn organized the first Methodist c...
National Association for Music Education
MENC: The National Association for Music Education was fou...
Fort Clark Guardhouse
Established in 1852, Fort Clark was manned by varying troo...
Last Battle in the Scioto Country
One-half mile south east of this marker was Reeves Crossin...
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Site of Original Post Cemetery
This ground was Fort Clark’s military cemetery from 1856 to the 1880s. One of the first burials was 2nd Lt. Brayton C. Ives, 1st Inf., a West Point graduate who died here on June 27, 1857. Succeeding burials included dozens ...
Filippone Building
Italian stonemasons Giovanni B. Filippone (1845-1917) and Giovanni Cassinelli purchased property here in 1883-85 and in 1885 built the six-sided portion of this limestone block building. Filippone became sole owner in 1887 and operated a general store on the first ...
Partrick Building
In 1885 Dr. William Partrick commissioned adjoining commercial spaces at this site, operating a drug store in the single story and a dry goods store and hotel in the two-story section. Later outbuildings included a beer vault, windmill, elevated tank ...
Kinney County Jail
Kinney County’s first jail, a small square simple stone structure built by James Cornell in 1873 and torn down in 1922, stood across Ann Street on the courthouse grounds, where the flagpole now stands. This second county jail was accepted ...
Thy Wondrous Story, Illinois
The fertile prairies of Illinois attracted the attention of French trader Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette as they explored the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers in 1673. France claimed this region until 1763 when he surrendered it to Great Britain ...
Welcome to Illinois
In 1673 the areas of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers were explored by Frenchmen Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette. Their voyages resulted in French claims on the area until 1763 when, by the Treaty of Paris, France ceded the ...
North Lake Methodist Church
The Reverend Charles Glenn organized the first Methodist class here in 1836, and for the next ten years the group met in the home of his brother, John. In 1846 the brothers presented the congregation with a building which served ...
National Association for Music Education
MENC: The National Association for Music Education was founded on this corner in the Westminster Presbyterian Church on April 12, 1907, during a meeting of music supervisors from fourteen states. The meeting was organized by Philip Cady Hayden, Music Supervisor ...
Fort Clark Guardhouse
Established in 1852, Fort Clark was manned by varying troop strengths over the years. This guardhouse was built in the 1870s during a period of fort expansion. A new stockade was built in 1942 to relieve overcrowding, and the guardhouse ...
Last Battle in the Scioto Country
One-half mile south east of this marker was Reeves Crossing on Tod's Trace, where in the summer of 1795 the last battle in the Scioto country was fought between the whites under General Nathaniel Massie and the Shawnee Indians. The ...
